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October
2005
Costumes
Fiction
- Hoban, Lillian
Arthur's
Halloween Costume
Harper Collins, 1984
E Hob (Halloween)
Arthur, the chimpanzee, after worrying that his Halloween costume won't
be scary enough, wins a prize for the most original costume in the
school.
- Holabird, Katherine
The
Costume Ball
Pleasant Co. , 2002
E Hol (Grades 1-3)
Angelina, the loveable mouse, goes to a costume ball uninvited.
- Meister, Carl
What
Can I Be?
Children's Press, 2002
E Mei (Easy to Read)
A young girl wonders what she can be as she tries on different costumes
from her dress up box, and finds that being herself is the best choice.
- Murphy, Stuart
3
Little Firefighters
Harper Collins, 2003
E Mur (Picture Books)
Three young firefighters must find matching sets of buttons to complete
their costume for a parade, but wonder if they should they sort them by
shape, color or size.
- Van Leeuwen, Jean
Oliver
and Amanda's Halloween
Dial books for Young Readers, 1992
E Van (Halloween)
Oliver and Amanda's Pig's Halloween activities include making their
costumes, and getting a pumpkin for a jack-o-lantern.
- Wojciehowski, Susan
The
Best Halloween of All
Crown Publishers, 1992
E Woj (Halloween)
A young boy recalls all the Halloween costume agonies he's been though
until at last, he gets to do things his way.
Non-Fiction
- Beaton, Clare
Costumes
Warwick Press, 1990
+ 646.478 Bea
Presents seven fully detailed ideas for costumes that can be created
with very minimal cost and effort.
- Fox, Marica
Creature
Costumes
Temp books, 1977
+ 391 Cox
Eight step- by- step instructions for making eight strange monster
costumes from inexpensive materials. All materials needed are listed at
the beginning of the sections.
- Gates, Frieda
Monsters
and Ghouls
Walker Publishing, 1980
+ 391 Gat
Brief descriptions of trolls, monster, ghouls, witches, cyclops ,
dragons, werewolves and other creatures , and accompanying information
for creating costumes and makeup for each of the characters.
- Greenhowe, Jean
Costumes
for Nursery Tale Characters
Plays, Inc. 1975
+ 391 Gre
Very simple instructions from a variety of costumes for children from
about five to twelve years old. Require a minimum of sewing for nursery
tale characters such as Little Bo Peep, Goldilocks, Little Miss Muffet ,
Cinderella, Aladdin and Robin Hood, to name just a few.
- Rowland-Warne, L.
Costume
Alfred Knopf, 1992
+ 391 Row
Photographs and text document the history and meaning of clothing, from
loincloths to modern childrens clothes.
- Schaefer,
Lola
Costumes
Capston Press, 1999
+ 391 Sch
Photographs and simple text describe various costumes including a lion,
a witch and an angel.
- Gibson, Ray
Fancy
Dress
Usborne, 1993
+ 391.3 Gib
Shows easy to make, simple , vivid and clear costumes for children,
including a cat, clown, skeleton, butterfly , wizard and scarecrow.
- Casey, Moe
The
Most Excellent Book of Dress Up
Millbrook Press, 1997
+ 646.478 Cas
Presents a variety of costumes for all types of occasions, suggesting
how to design, use and make them.
- Klayer, Connie
Circus time! : how to put on your own show
Lothrop, Lee and Shepherd, 1979
+ 791.3 Kla
Describes how to organize and put on a simple circus show, including
ideas for easy to make costumes and props and easy to perform circus
acts.
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